Forge Creek

13.6% of Forge Creek's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

92 family households lived in Forge Creek; 38.0% were couple families and 4.3% were one-parent families.

23.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Forge Creek had 346 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.5% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Separate houses made up 97.1% of occupied private dwellings in Forge Creek.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

48.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

43.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.2% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Forge Creek had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 12.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 45.0%, while 28.0% had four or more usual residents.

10.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

59.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

3.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.2% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 11.7% of the total.

89.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.3% reported a different address.

9.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

86.7% of residents used only English at home.

3.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

9.5% of Forge Creek's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.9% of ancestry responses in Forge Creek.

Australian ancestry made up 41.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

23.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 21.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.1% of workers, and education and training employed 11.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

37.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.2%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

57.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 11.6% arthritis and 6.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.1%.

Median household income was $1,863 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 10.1% in Forge Creek, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 48.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 8.2% in Forge Creek, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..